Please Be My Ear

The Deaf

July 2024 •Marathi

Set in the middle of the Covid pandemic in 2020, three lost souls struggle to be heard. Suresh, a young migrant laborer in Mumbai is put into quarantine after he returns to the village to his mother Anibai. Vishnu, a deaf orphan and Anibai's only regular visitor helps her out of misery and visits Suresh at the quarantine centre. He gets in trouble with his uncle over a mistake leading to his expulsion from the village. Anibai is taken to the hospital by the villagers as her apppendix worsens

Earmark

July 2024 •English

Meet Mark. A daydreamer who has lived with hearing loss for his whole life. As his condition deteriorates, Mark must listen to his past and face the present, in order to move forward with his life. Sometimes loss doesn't mean lost. At a routine checkup with his lifelong audiologist, Mark is presented with a hearing aid and with a choice. Between the torment from his childhood - and his stigma around wearing the hearing aid - he lashes out. But he remembers his young self, loving and loved; along with the care his late mother showed him. Through courage, he is able to connect with her; as she guides him through this tumultuous time in his life. He realises he can either continue to shut himself off from the world, or open up and begin to accept himself for who he really is.

Black

February 2005 •Hindi

Unable to see, hear, or speak after a childhood illness, a young woman grows up prone to violent outbursts until an eccentric tutor changes her life.

Maujaan Hi Maujaan

October 2023 •Panjabi

Three brothers Guri, Inder and Jassi, live in London along with their sister Aman and run a cafe. Guri is deaf, Inder is blind and Jassi is mute. One day Guri falls for a girl, Reet. Will they overcome all the challenges and have a happy ending?

Blind

July 2019 •English

Faye, a former actress that lost her vision due to botched laser eye surgery, struggles to put her life back together while living alone in her dream house in the Hollywood Hills. Supported by her friend Sophia, she starts opening up to Luke, a personal trainer who is mute and can only communicate through his cell phone. When a masked stranger named Pretty Boy shows up, Faye will realize that she isn't as alone as she thinks.

Sky Lovers

January 2002 •Chinese

Transit

April 2018 •German

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.

The Wolf and the Cat

August 2023 •French

Loup, thirteen years old, deaf from birth, spends his summer vacation on a campsite with his mother, Léa. They have developed an exclusive relationship that a meeting with a swimming instructor and a teenage girl will turn upside down.

Diverse Disability

July 2023 •Spanish

"Diverse Disability" is a fictional short film that takes us into the lives of various deaf and blind characters, facing various challenges in a world that often excludes them. Set in Guatemala, the film addresses sensitive issues such as sexuality, work, health and the lack of empathy towards people with disabilities. As the stories intertwine, the short film highlights the importance of empathy, inclusion, and mindset change in Guatemalan society. The narrative highlights how ignorance and lack of understanding can affect the participation of people with disabilities in the social and productive life of the country. Through these moving stories, "Disapacidad Diversa" seeks to raise awareness and promote a positive change in the perception and treatment of the diverse disability community in Guatemala.

Isa Pa, with Feelings

October 2019 •Tagalog

Despite their differences, an aspiring architect falls for her deaf neighbor, who teaches her basic sign language.

Caterpillar

August 2010 •Japanese

The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.

Sweet Nothing in My Ear

April 2008 •English

Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.

Glove

January 2011 •Korean

Star baseball player and national hero Sang-nam finds his career in jeopardy when he gets involved in a drunken brawl. His promoter, Charles, advises him to volunteer his time somewhere sympathetic to improve his public image. The place: a school for the deaf. The service: coaching its baseball team.

Nora's Christmas Gift

January 1989 •English

Nora spends her time feeling sorry for herself as she faces hearing problems and blindness. But at the Bennington Christmas Pageant, Nora receives a special gift - a sure knowledge that Jesus Christ lives and loves her.

Take Shelter

September 2011 •English

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Tin Man

January 1983 •English

A young man, born deaf, invents a computer so he can hear and speak with others.

Blue Rodeo

October 1996 •English

Maggie Yearwood moves to a new town to be near her son, Peter, who has gone deaf as the result of an accident and is now attending a special school. She moves into a small house next door to Owen Whister and soon falls in love with the cowboy, who harbors a dark secret...

The Song of Sparrows

October 2008 •Persian

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis.

Naanum Rowdydhaan

October 2015 •Tamil

Pandian, the son of a cop and a wannabe rowdy, falls in love with Kadambarai, a hearing-impaired girl, who wants him to take on Killivalavan, a gangster-politician who has murdered her parents.

Johnny Belinda

September 1948 •English

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.